Improvement in bill-files



J'. o. cLAY;

BILL-FILES.

210,183,284, Patented 0ct.1.7.15876.

N.PEYERS. PHOTOLITMOGRAPMER. WASIIINGYON D. CA

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES O. OLAY, OE AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BILL-FILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,284, dated October17, 1876; application filed y March 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES O. CLAY, ofthe 4city of Aiken, in the countyof Aiken and State of South Carolina, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Bill and Letter Files, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specitication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to le that class ot' papers usually filedon hooks and nails, such as Orders, bills, and postal cards, formingthem into a book, and rmly sewing them together, thus giving Lthem acompact form and a .book easily referred to.

The tile is illustrated more in detail in View, Figure 1. It isconstructed ot' No. 12 Wire, made of iron, brass, or steel, bent into aGothic shape, forming the loop A at the top to hang it up by against thewall or desk. The coil B at the sides is designed to give strength tothe frame, having sufficient length between the loop A and the coil B,so that I can, by pressing or stretching the sides at that point, narrowor Widen the needles to suit the different sizes of papers. Theprojecting arms or filed thus carrying the cord down perpendicn ularWith the needles. Then by pulling the ends Oi' the cord E from the eyeof the needles, and tying them betweentbe needles, gives the book formthus described.

I claim as my invention- As an article of manufacture, a bill and letterle, constructed of Wire bent to form the loops A B B and projecting armsC G, and having eyes in the flattened and pointed ends of the needles D.

' JAMES 0. CLAY. Witnesses:

PORTER B. WILLIAMS, JOHN M. HALL.

